If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true.

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What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure...

What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure...

It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly...

It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly...

That was par for the course but I also found that commissions were being canceled...

That was par for the course but I also found that commissions were being canceled...

I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article...

I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article...

While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through...

While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through...

I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for...

I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for...

Well I'm a very similar age to Prince Charles. I'm a year older than him....

Well I'm a very similar age to Prince Charles. I'm a year older than him....

Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before...

Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before...

The Princess's so-called 'time and space speech' at the end of '93 about a year...

The Princess's so-called 'time and space speech' at the end of '93 about a year...

It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation.

It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation.

I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way...

I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way...

I mean Buckingham Palace has never hired a professional public relations outfit let alone a...

I mean Buckingham Palace has never hired a professional public relations outfit let alone a...

I personally felt that his ad hominen attacks on British architects were not the sort...

I personally felt that his ad hominen attacks on British architects were not the sort...

Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale...

Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale...

Among other things they picked out a detail that Charles had been offered the Governorship...

Among other things they picked out a detail that Charles had been offered the Governorship...

What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others...

What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others...

He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you...

He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you...

A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as...

A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as...

As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's...

As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's...

The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design...

The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design...